2025 – Page 212 – Americana UK

Manchester Folk Festival lists first wave of acts for Spring 2026

June 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Manchester Folk Festival has announced the first acts for the 2026 festival, which runs from Thursday, 19th to Saturday, 21st March 2026. The three-day festival will once again aspire to bring together the best contemporary and […]

Various Artists “My Grief on the Sea”

June 25, 2025 Daisy Innes 0

A moment of Irish history tied up in a sea of musical artistry. “My Grief on the Sea” takes the listener on a voyage back to the nineteenth century, brutally and honestly telling the tales of the […]

Video: Lance Cowan “Prayer for a Child”

June 25, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Lance Cowan is a heartfelt song about the joy and self-doubt that comes with parenthood. ‘Prayer for a Child’ is unself-conscious in its message about a love like no other. Anyone who […]

AUK Short Cuts: Tim Turophile, Reid Andrés, Murray Attaway, Grundhoefer & Brimer, Tawny Ellis, Big Love Car Wash, Nathalie Archangel, Slash Pine Drifters and Alison Tucker

June 24, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

Gasoline Lollipops “Kill The Architect”

June 24, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

A brew of rock, country, soul, blues and dark words that is never dull. “Kill The Architect” is Gasoline Lollipops’ seventh studio album and follows 2022’s “Nightmares”. The band, from Boulder, Colorado, have produced an impressive […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2025

Manchester Folk Festival lists first wave of acts for Spring 2026

Various Artists “My Grief on the Sea”

Video: Lance Cowan “Prayer for a Child”

AUK Short Cuts: Tim Turophile, Reid Andrés, Murray Attaway, Grundhoefer & Brimer, Tawny Ellis, Big Love Car Wash, Nathalie Archangel, Slash Pine Drifters and Alison Tucker

Gasoline Lollipops “Kill The Architect”

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album